Series Looks at Drought, How Texans Are Coping
The PBS NewsHour, in partnership with StateImpact Texas, takes a look at how two Texas communities are dealing with the Texas drought. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Drought_CC.jpg)
-
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Luke Robinson -
"Accountability Works," Morton Tells "60 Minutes"
On Sunday's edition of 60 Minutes, Texas exoneree Michael Morton told Lara Logan that it's not revenge he's after — it's accountability. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-MMorton-CCR003.jpg)
![Michael Morton stands in a Williamson County courtroom with his attorneys after murder charges against him were officially dropped.]()
Credit: Callie Richmond -
The Brief: March 26, 2012
Two years after its passage, federal health care reform has landed at the steps of the Supreme Court. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/scotus_chamber.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Supreme Court of the United States -
Property Owners Say Oil Companies Underpaying for Land Use
In Texas, some oil companies lease private land from landowners, who then receive royalties from the sale of the oil. But as Dave Fehling of KUHF News reports for StateImpact Texas, some Texas landowners say they've been cheated out of payments. Full Story
Credit: Bill Ledbetter -
Candidate is an Issue in Democratic Primary Race
The Fort Bend County Democrats have made a rare primary endorsement in the CD-22 race, choosing K.P. George over Kesha Rogers, who has called for impeaching President Obama. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib-CD-22Drama019.jpg)
![Kesha Rogers, a LaRouche candidate running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Congress District 22 once held by Tom Delay, at a LaRouche office in Houston Monday, March 19, 2012.]()
Credit: Michael Stravato -
Civil Law: The Fight That Never Ends
What started with a notebook full of proposed changes to civil law in Texas has become a permanent fight between seemingly permanent institutions. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/TLR-TTLA2.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Graphic by Todd Wiseman -
Supreme Court Hearings on the Affordable Care Act: What to Expect
All eyes will be on the U.S. Supreme Court this week as it holds hearings on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/ACA-SCOTUS.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman -
At Victoria Hospital, Obese Job Candidates Need Not Apply
A Victoria hospital already embroiled in a racial discrimination lawsuit has instituted a highly unusual hiring policy: It bans job applicants from employment for being too overweight. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/ObesityHealthScale3.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman -
At Gridiron Dinner, Perry Plays the Comedian
Gov. Rick Perry took to the stage at an exclusive journalists' gala tonight to roast himself — and poke fun at the Republican presidential candidates. “It was the weakest Republican field in history," he joked, "and they kicked my butt.” Full Story
Credit: Bob Daemmrich -
Slideshow: Save Our Schools Rally at Texas Capitol
Hundreds of educators, lawmakers and parents descended on the Capitol Saturday to protest cuts to public education. Here are some images from the scene. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCA3280.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Graphic by Marjorie Kamys Cotera -
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Ramshaw and Tan on the long path leading to the current state-vs.-feds fight over women's health care, Aaronson's interactive map of where those program cuts land, Root on the surprising idea that even a late primary has Texas in play in the presidential race, M. Smith's report on who might succeed the Senate's departing education maven, Theobald on government incentives for one of the world's richest companies, Hamilton on the financial pinches at community colleges, Aguilar on a planned coal mine and efforts to stop the rail line that would come with it, and Galbraith with the latest on the Texas drought: The best of our best content from March 19 to 23, 2012. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/03192012-Tribweek.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Graphic by Todd Wiseman -
First Ad from Ames Jones: Jobs
In her first TV commercials — running during college basketball games this weekend and then in broader rotation in Austin and San Antonio starting next week — Texas Senate candidate Elizabeth Ames Jones says she'll create jobs and fight "Obama bureaucrats." Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/CM_Capture_1_18.png)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
Officials Approve Radioactive Waste Site
State officials voted today to allow low-level nuclear waste from around the country to be brought to the Texas-New Mexico border for storage. As Mose Buchele of KUT News reports for StateImpact Texas, the vote put the final touches on a controversial plan approved by the Legislature last year. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Radiation_Texas4.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Graphic by Todd Wiseman -
The Evening Brief: March 23, 2012
Your evening reading: new Paul ad mocks Etch A Sketch uproar; state officials approve radioactive waste dump; minority rights groups assembling to oppose Abbott's challenge to Voting Rights Act Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/RonPaulSpeaks2.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Gage Skidmore -
Updated: Lawsuit Can't Cover All Kids in Long-Term Foster Care
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the national child advocacy group Children's Rights cannot file its class-action suit on behalf of all 12,000 youth in Texas' long-term foster care system. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/ChildrensRights.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
The Brief: March 23, 2012
The ongoing fight over the Women's Health Program has rekindled a storied rivalry. Full Story
Credit: Bob Daemmrich -
In Drought Aftermath, Reasons to Worry for the Future
Recent rains have helped fill lakes, but the drought is far from over. Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples talked with StateImpact Texas about the very real possibility that the drought could linger for several years — and what's being done to help farmers and ranchers deal with that possibility. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Staples.jpg)
![Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, Todd Staples - August 29, 2011.]()
Credit: Todd Wiseman -
Texas Could Play Key Role in GOP Presidential Race
Texas is usually flyover country for Republican presidential candidates. But if Mitt Romney is unable to clinch the nomination before the state's primary on May 29, Texas could see a competitive GOP race for the first time since 1976. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/GOP-Candidates-Texas.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Illustration by Gage Skidmore / Todd Wiseman -
Combs and the Perils of Political Adaptation
Adaptation is a tricky business, especially in the political realm, where sudden and surprising changes can become perilous "flip-flops." Full Story
Credit: Bob Daemmrich -
Women's Health Care Storm Had Been Brewing
It took years of bipartisan efforts for the Women's Health Program to even begin. Today, it is the subject of a bitter political divide. No one should be surprised. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/TXTrib-LonestarWomens-Richmond-012.jpg)
![Seton-Circle of Care Women's Services at TAMHSC.]()
Credit: Callie Richmond
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/7f3d0d99bc0f25189e707fbb04dc5b0e/.hideoil)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b8e6a4289f47041697f5547b4ca5f953/BD%20INC%20Perry%20Final%20030%202012)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/27361caa0f5a08cc74cd5288ed0b990f/DO%20NOT%20USE%20Bailey%20Perry%2001%202009)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/d78f59652b1b60007b63e941df243646/TT%20EVENTS%20Combs%20002%202011)